Monday, July 27, 2015

“A restaurant worker added trash bags to a giant pile of...

“A restaurant worker added trash bags to a giant pile of garbage outside of a bar in #Beirut. “Lebanon’s trash crisis is steadily spiraling out of control,” writes @bdentonphoto, who took this photo in a nightlife district where trash has been baking in the summer sun for more than a week. “Massive piles like this one are growing so large that they’re starting to block traffic,” he writes. The mounting trash crisis is the most recent example of an issue for which the Lebanese government has failed to find a long-term solution. Many Lebanese see the spreading garbage crisis as a new, more pungent manifestation of the country’s often impotent political system. #regram from @bdentonphoto.” By nytimes on Instagram.